Sunday, November 9, 2008

Hello, people! I'm putting together this thing in December. One of the participants is Elizabeth Scott, author of enough books to give Meg Cabot a run for her money (considering Elizabeth's been in the YA arena for like a year and some months) - I'm sure you know who she is. So, yeah, we're emailing back and forth and we're trying to put together something fresh! sparkling! fantastic! for this thing I'm organizing (it's all very hush-hush right now) and drawing up a blank because Elizabeth uses her creativity on her BOOKS and other AUTHORLY AWESOME THINGS and I SUCK at creativity, so between the two of us, it's not working out very well.

SO. In theme of Living Dead Girl, does anyone have any topic ideas for a guest blog they'd like to see Elizabeth tackle? (The sky's the limit, honestly. If Elizabeth is nonplussed with my certified weirdo tendencies, I seriously doubt anything you come up with shall take her abacketh.) (Um, well, thinking back over it, given the premise of the novel, please don't shoot for Too Creepy To Fathom.)

Or, does anyone have any burning questions for Elizabeth (about LIVING DEAD GIRL, very important) they'd like to see answered? (Don't just email her because she's very nice and will just email you back with the response which defeats the purpose of an interview.) We might use it for a guest blog topic or do an interview or come up with something brand-spanking new that outshines everything else in the known universe with its brilliancy.

Seriously: HELP. You shall like what you get in return :) (Or so I like to think.)

Comments; email messages; telepathy - it all helps. The first two more than the latter, but okay.

Carol - I was thinking that but Elizabeth's talked about that enough on other blogs (even she admits to this). Here's the downside to a good thing - Elizabeth's got GREAT web presence, especially for us bloggers, which is a great resource, but when you shoot for something purely original, it becomes harder to attain. I'm not giving up though!

Re: Your second comment: Hmm - see, I don't think she'd go for that because I think she's happy with where she left the story off. And also, a continuation like that is a bit iffy because it's original storytelling and I'm sure she'd rather have it properly published than posted on a blog. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

I wish I had already read Living Dead Girl. Why didn't they release it in paperback!? It would make much more sense for how small it is. Maybe that could be a question--ask if she can explain the strategy behind making a -200 page book hardcover (and thus more expensive for less content) instead of paperback.

I just did a review of Living Dead Girl. I linked this post. So I hope someone creative comes along. I am still thinking on the book, but if I get a question about Living Dead Girl. I'll send it your way.

Wow, I read this book and seriously could not put it down! While I was reading it I wondered to myself what would Elizabeth Smart's reaction had been if she had read this book. I'm pretty much 100% positive that she wouldn't. It was hard on me, so I can't imagine why she would even want too. I suppose my curious side of me wants to know some of those disturbing stories that she uncovered while researching for the book.

What about something she learned while researching the book about any effective ways of teaching kids to protect themselves from abductors? As a parent, I'd love some tips--this is my worst nightmare! --Natashya

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